Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the Congress plans to replicate the “models of governance” in Karnataka, represented by the guarantee schemes, across the rest of the country.
Addressing a mammoth gathering at the launch of Karnataka government’s flagship Gruha Lakshmi scheme — the fourth of the five guarantees which envisages payment of ₹2,000 every month to women head of families in the State — at a function in Mysuru on Wednesday, Mr. Gandhi described the guarantee schemes as “governance models.” The Congress party plans to replicate the work taken up by the Government of Karnataka, particularly for empowerment of women, across the country, he said, adding that “Karnataka was showing the way for the entire country.”
Beneficiaries from Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Kodagu and Mandya districts had gathered at Maharaja’s College grounds, where the launch event was held. While Congress president M. Mallikarjun Kharge, who is also the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, inaugurated the function presided over by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Mr. Gandhi pressed the button on an electronic tablet handed over to him by the officials of the State’s e-governance department to formally launch the scheme.
